sysdeps/mach/hurd/gethostid.c

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#include <unistd.h>
#include <hurd.h>
#include "hurdhost.h"

/* Return the current machine's Internet number.  */
long int
gethostid ()
{
  /* The hostid is just the contents of the file /etc/hostid,
     kept as text of hexadecimal digits.  */
  /* XXX this is supposed to come from the hardware serial number */
  char buf[8];
  ssize_t n = _hurd_get_host_config ("/etc/hostid", buf, sizeof buf);
  if (n < 0)
    return -1;
  return strtol (buf, NULL, 16);
}